THE ARK IDENTIFIER SCHEMEGeneral characteristics
implementation at the National library of France
OUTLINE
1. What are ARKs2. 8 years of implementing ARKs at BnF3. ARKs in France4. Considerations about evolving the ARK
standard
WHAT ARE ARKS
A maintaining institution A specification
A user registry A discussion listhttp://groups.google.com/group/arks-forum
http://www.cdlib.org/uc3/naan_registry.txt
http://tools.ietf.org/pdf/draft-kunze-ark-18.pdf
ARK ANATOMY
http
://ww
w.fl
ickr.com
/photo
s/jenw
alle
r/2207918246/
Name assigning authority number(NAAN)
Name
the world the naming authority
the resource
> >bpt6k103039fark:/12148/
Scheme
delivery service
http://gallica.bnf.fr/
page variant> >
QualifiersName mapping authority
>/f26.thumbnail
ASSIGN IDENTIFIERSRESOLVE IDENTIFIERS
RESOLVE IDENTIFIERS
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k103039f/f26.thumbnail
BNF IMPLEMENTATIONLessons learnt
- for new objects
- for existing objects : preservation repository, linked data services
RISKS IN PRACTICE: WHAT OCCURRED?
- full text OCR- full text search- audio
renderingChanging domain names
- finding aids- illuminations- museographic
descriptions- born digital
documents- virtual exhibitions
Changing technical environment
Changing organization
Originally: ARKs for - digitized items- bibliographic records from the main catalogue
http
://ww
w.fl
ickr.com
/photo
s/jenw
alle
r/2207918246/
New applications New objects Existing apps, additional features
WHAT CONCLUSIONS?
Anything can happen in 8 years, especially unforeseen cases
The only feasible response is organizational: Documentation Commitment Internal advocacy Internal “ARK master” task force
ARKS IN FRANCE : OVER 80 USERS
LibrariesBnFInformation Public Library3 university libraries1 public library
Museums4 museums
Documentation1 documentation center
Research / data centers3 ones (National Spatial Agency, Higher education and research datacenters)
Archives 2 national archive centers41 departmental archives10 city archives7 research centers
Other public institutions3 central bodies (ministries / assembly)3 local / territorial collectivities
ASSIGN IDENTIFIERSRESOLVE
IDENTIFIERS
ARK-AWARE AVAILABLE TOOLS (NON EXHAUSTIVE)
NOID https://wiki.ucop.edu/display/Curation/NOID
EZIDhttp://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ezid
French archiving software
Specific implementation, use standard web tools(Apache server implementation)
OR
http://n2t.net
3/ ARK EVOLUTIONS
http://gallica/ark:/12148/btv1b8496236q
ARK REDUXSUGGESTED EVOLUTION
ARK REDUX: PATHS FORWARD?
Addition of a new # qualifier
Accomodates a semantic web context
Addition of new / and ./ qualifiers? <ark>/ :
landing pagevs.
<ark>./ : preferred payload
Formalized policies What kind of
persistence is promised?
What are the committment and mission of the provider?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!BnF implementation
sebastien.peyrard AT bnf.fr
jean-philippe.tramoni AT bnf.fr
